Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Site News
Techmeme
March 21, 2024, 1:05 PM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Sponsor Events Newsletter

Top News

Wall Street Journal:
The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more  —  Justice Department says iPhone maker leveraged its dominance to block software and limit functionality of competing devices
More: The Verge, New York Times, US Department of Justice, Ars Technica, Washington Post, Axios, 404 Media, The Verge, United States District Court, CNBC, NBC News, MacStories, The Independent, PYMNTS.com, Thurrott, GeekWire, PCMag, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, The Information, Barron's Online, Engadget, The Hill, USA Today, CNN, Reuters, Financial Times, Forbes, Tom's Guide, PYMNTS.com, TMZ.com, Agence France-Presse, Legit.ng, 24/7 Wall St., Gizmodo, The Daily Caller, iDownloadBlog.com, Newser, TipRanks Financial, Android Headlines, iPhone in Canada Blog, ABC News, Mashable, NTD, Variety, Daring Fireball, Seeking Alpha, Chamber of Progress, Quartz, Sharecast, Sky News, and Bloomberg
Threads: @alexhcranz, @benedictevans, @gergelyorosz_, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @nick_statt, @joannastern, and @parkerortolani
Mastodon: @danilo@hachyderm.io, @paul@tapbots.social, @sdw@mastodon.social, @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, @elkmovie@mastodon.social, and @viticci@mastodon …
X: @modestproposal1, @modestproposal1, @caro_milanesi, @vadimyuryev, @nexusben, @castrotech, @ggreenwald, @brij, @ccianet, @mediamorphis, @jason_koebler, @pat_hedger, @munster_gene, @pat_hedger, @briancalbrecht, @eric_seufert, @s8mb, @s8mb, @tomgara, @mgsiegler, @thejusticedept, @thejusticedept, @thejusticedept, @megangra, @amandalws, @jolingkent, @adamkovac, @thejusticedept, @thejusticedept, @tomwarren, @swiftonsecurity, @ericmigi, @ashleygjovik, @sytaylor, @jose_pagliery, @barstoolnate, @amandalws, @ryanaraine, @bzamayo, @mikebutcher, @garrytan, @pdmcleod, @netchoice, @pdmcleod, @igorletina, @jolingkent, @carnage4life, @pythiar, @garrettventry, @marceloplima, @ericmigi, @ericmigi, @adamkovac, @bzamayo, @stevesi, @ericmigi, @ericmigi, @eriqgardner, @garrytan, @benthompson, @benthompson, @rakeshlobster, @stevesi, @film_girl, @richontech, @kantrowitz, @mgsiegler, @benbajarin, @mgsiegler, @mgsiegler, @jonfortt, @joannastern, @matthewstoller, @adamkovac, @film_girl, @lauren_feiner, @adamkovac, @richontech, @papscun, @joannastern, @matthewstoller, @mrddmia, @jeiting, @florian4gamers, @jwsherrod, @dhh, and @steipete
Forums: r/gadgets, r/apple, r/technology, r/politics, r/neoliberal, r/technology, r/technology, r/technews, r/wallstreetbets, and Slashdot
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple says the US DOJ winning its lawsuit “would set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology”  —  The U.S. Department of Justice today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of operating …
CNBC:
Reddit priced its IPO at $34 per share, the top of its expected $31-$34 range, raising $519M and valuing the company at nearly $6.5B, ahead of its market debut  —  In this photo illustration a Reddit logo is seen displayed on a smartphone.  —  Reddit, the 19-year-old website that hosts millions …
Paul Graham / Y Combinator:
Reflecting on Reddit's history: Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian pitching a food app, wanting to use snoo.com, and seeing traffic explode after Reddit launched
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 for enterprises, adding a Copilot key, a Neural Processing Unit for Windows 11's AI features, and more  —  Microsoft is gearing up for its “year of the AI PC” with two new Surface devices that won't be sold directly to consumers.
Emily Mullin / Wired:
Neuralink shows its first brain implant patient, a 29-year-old man paralyzed from the shoulders down, playing online chess using the Neuralink device  —  In a livestream on X, the paralyzed 29-year-old man used his Neuralink brain implant to control a computer.
Financial Times:
Chinese state media: Tim Cook said “there's no supply chain in the world that's more critical to us than China” and praised “modernization in Chinese factories”  —  Apple chief Tim Cook has said China is “critical” to its business in comments made during a visit to the country …
Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg:
In a letter to Judge Kaplan, FTX CEO John Ray says SBF's claims of “zero” harm to users are “demonstrably false” and FTX had only 105 bitcoin when Ray took over  —  - Ray called the claims ‘callously’ and ‘demonstrably’ false  — SBF had claimed customers on the exchange suffered no harm
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Fairly Trained certifies KL3M, an LLM legal tech consultancy startup 273 Ventures claims to have built without the permissionless use of copyrighted materials  —  OpenAI claimed it's “impossible” to build good AI models without using copyrighted data.  An “ethically created” …
The Information:
Source: Microsoft agreed to pay Inflection ~$650M when hiring its staff, mostly via a licensing deal that makes Inflection's models available for sale on Azure  —  Microsoft doesn't want its plan to hire two of Inflection AI's co-founders and most of its 70-person staff to be seen as an acquisition.
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk:
BlackRock unveils its first tokenized asset fund, BUIDL, built on the Ethereum network and fully backed by cash, US Treasury bills, and repurchase agreements  —  The asset management giant also made a strategic investment in asset tokenization company Securitize.
Ashley Gold / Axios:
After a classified briefing on TikTok, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell says that “the next steps might be something more public, like a hearing”  —  - But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not committed to putting the bill on the floor anytime soon.
Zephyr Teachout / The Atlantic:
The TikTok divestment bill fits into a long and important US tradition of forbidding a hostile foreign power from controlling a major communication platform
Yossi Matias / The Keyword:
In a research paper, Google Research details how AI helped to provide more accurate flood forecasting in 80+ countries up to seven days in advance of the flood  —  A paper published in Nature today shows how Google Research uses AI to accurately predict riverine flooding and help protect livelihoods …
Anna Tong / Reuters:
Tokyo-based Sakana AI, founded by two Google researchers, releases three Japanese language models built using “model merging”, which combines existing AI models  —  Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup founded by two prominent former Google (GOOGL.O) researchers …
Bloomberg:
A UK jury finds a UK citizen guilty of laundering BTC for a Chinese fugitive allegedly behind a ~$6B fraud in China; UK police seized BTC worth $2.2B+ in 2018  —  - Jury finds Jian Wen guilty on one count of money laundering  — Jian helped Chinese fugitive Zhimin Qian launder Bitcoin
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, a 4nm chip aimed at high-end smartphones that adds on-device generative AI and Wi-Fi 7; OnePlus is the first partner  —  Qualcomm is following its announcement at the start of this week with another chip: the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3.

Sponsor Posts

Tribe AI:
Build AI that works  —  Tribe builds tech for top AI companies.  Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner  —  Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Case studies: The marketing goldmine you've been underutilizing  —  If you are a product reseller or a channel partner, a case study is one of the better marketing tools you can use to draw attention towards your business and what you offer.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon  —  Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you.  Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Sponsor Techmeme
The Kevin Rose Show:
 How to Cultivate Everyday Dharma, Suneel Gupta (#54)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Techmeme Ride Home:
 Fri. 04/26 - Net Neutrality Is Back
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.
Sponsor this podcast
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:05 PM ET, March 21, 2024.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.

From Mediagazer

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

More News

Reuters:
US government emails: India reversed its policy to impose restrictions on laptop imports in 2023 within weeks, after behind-the-scenes lobbying by US officials

Earlier Picks

David Gilbert / Wired:
X suspends the accounts of some journalists and researchers who posted the alleged real name of neo-Nazi cartoonist Stonetoss, after Stonetoss appealed to Musk
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Epic plans to release its Epic Games Store on iOS and Android later in 2024, offering “the same fair terms” as its PC store, including a 12% commission on sales
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Sponsor Events Newsletter